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Virgin Media UK Says Goodbye to BT, Signs Vodafone for Mobile UPDATE

6th Nov, 2019 (45 Comments)

Cable TV and broadband ISP Virgin Media UK (Liberty Global) has today made the surprise announcement that their long-running Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) agreement with BT (EE) will be coming to an end. Instead they’ve signed a new 5-year partnership deal for Virgin Mobile with rival operator Vodafone.

Devon and Somerset UK Consult on Superfast Broadband Plan

6th Nov, 2019 (12 Comments)

The troubled Connecting Devon and Somerset project has opened a public consultation on their recent Open Market Review (OMR), which examined the current and future level of “superfast broadband” (30Mbps+) coverage in the two counties and set out a proposed intervention area, ahead of seeking suppliers for a new contract.

JT Win World Communication Award for FTTH Rollout on Jersey

6th Nov, 2019 (1 Comment)

The state-owned ISP JT (Jersey Telecom), which has deployed a new 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) broadband ISP network to cover the English Channel Island of Jersey, has won the “The Best Network Transformation Award” for their roll-out as part of the World Communication Awards 2019 event.

EE UK Spot Impact of 2019 Rugby World Cup in 4G Mobile Traffic

5th Nov, 2019 (0 Comments)

Mobile operator EE (BT) has revealed the impact that the 2019 Rugby World Cup tournament has had on their mobile broadband (mostly 4G) network traffic, which for example delivered a 20% surge in data usage during the England v New Zealand semi-final on 26th September. Games involving Wales also created an increase.

Openreach Discount FTTP Broadband Prices in UK Fibre First Cities

5th Nov, 2019 (3 Comments)

Openreach has launched a new localised marketing promotion for UK ISPs, which offers discounts on the monthly rental and one-off connection costs of their ultrafast Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) service in a maximum of four conurbations (i.e. Fibre First cities with a limited footprint from 10,000 and up to 500,000 premises).

ISP Pulse8 Cut FTTC Broadband and Phone Prices for Customers

5th Nov, 2019 (4 Comments)

UK ISP Pulse8 Broadband has today announced that, for the second time this year, they’ve been able to drop the monthly prices of their unlimited home “fibre broadband” (FTTC / VDSL2) packages, which applies to both new and existing customers (these also only attach a short 1 month contract term).

Ofcom Consult on Funding for the 10Mbps UK Broadband USO

5th Nov, 2019 (10 Comments)

Ofcom has today opened a new consultation on the funding (compensation) arrangements for BT and KCOM’s forthcoming Universal Service Obligation (USO), which is due to begin on the 20th March 2020 and aims to ensure that everybody can request a minimum broadband speed of “at least” 10Mbps (1Mbps upload).

Business ISP Glide Details Use of 1100 Gigabit Broadband Vouchers

5th Nov, 2019 (3 Comments)

Business broadband ISP Glide has revealed that they’ve so far issued 1,100 vouchers under the UK Government’s £67m Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme (GBVS), which they claim has helped to save local businesses an estimated £2,750,000 in getting a new connection installed and increasing their access speeds ninefold.

Gigaclear Bring 1Gbps Full Fibre to 4 Rural Forest of Dean Villages

5th Nov, 2019 (6 Comments)

Some 1,274 homes and businesses across the remote rural Gloucestershire villages of Highnam, Maisemore, Tibberton and Upleadon (i.e. the Forest of Dean district) can now access a 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband connection after UK ISP Gigaclear completed their rollout in the communities.

RootMetrics Reveals 5G Mobile Broadband Speeds in Cardiff UPDATE

5th Nov, 2019 (7 Comments)

RootMetrics has today published their second report into the tentative initial availability and mobile broadband performance of 5G Mobile networks, albeit this time focused upon the city of Cardiff in Wales. Overall EE UK came top for both average download speeds (163.1Mbps) and network availability (43.4%).

19000 Social Homes in Edinburgh to See Cityfibre 1Gbps Broadband

4th Nov, 2019 (6 Comments)

The City of Edinburgh Council and Cityfibre have today reached a new wayleave (access) agreement, which means that the operator’s 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) broadband network will be extended to include around 19,000 social housing properties. The service is being supported by UK ISP partner Vodafone.

London UK ISP Community Fibre Refresh FTTH Broadband Prices

4th Nov, 2019 (5 Comments)

Not that they were ever poorly priced before but the London-focused “full fibre” broadband ISP Community Fibre has today announced a big refresh of their package line-up, which among other things introduces several new plans and at prices that beat most of their competitors.

Virgin Media Finish FTTP Broadband Build in Shildon and Templepatrick

4th Nov, 2019 (19 Comments)

Broadband ISP Virgin Media UK has announced that they’ve completed the deployment of their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based “ultrafast broadband” network to 2,000 extra premises in the town of Shildon (Durham, England) and 600 premises in Templepatrick (N.Ireland), which can now access download speeds of 516Mbps (soon 1Gbps).

Broadband ISP Zen Internet Preps Big UK Network Expansion

4th Nov, 2019 (13 Comments)

Rochdale-based broadband ISP and communications provider Zen Internet (since 1995) looks set to begin the next phase of their network expansion, which should help them to reach 80% of the UK. This reportedly comes after NatWest extended a £20m revolving credit facility to help fund the effort.

Sky UK Boosts Engineers and Support Staff with 1,000 New Jobs

4th Nov, 2019 (2 Comments)

Customers of UK ISP Sky Broadband and Sky TV (Comcast) will be pleased to learn that the internet and media giant intends to create 1,000 new jobs in the United Kingdom, which includes 500 engineers. The rest will be used to boost customer support staff via a new call centre in Leeds.

Rural Oxfordshire UK Set for £6.3m Ultrafast Broadband Boost UPDATE

1st Nov, 2019 (1 Comment)

The Oxfordshire County Council (OCC) has announced that UK ISP Airband and network operator Openreach (BT) have won several new contracts – supported by a funding boost of £6.3m from DEFRA – to help rollout “ultrafast broadband” (mostly FTTP) across more homes and businesses in the county.

ISP Exascale Target Wolverhampton and Cheltenham for FTTP Build

1st Nov, 2019 (0 Comments)

UK ISP Exascale, which recently started deploying a new gigabit-capable “full fibre” (FTTP) broadband network to homes and businesses Telford (Shropshire), also appear to be preparing to conduct a similar rollout around “out of town” locations in Wolverhampton (West Midlands) and Cheltenham (Gloucestershire).